your research

Interested in doing a study? ​

That's great! But please note the following requirements for research on Seeking Safety that you plan to publish or make available to the public. For example, if you're collecting data as part of internal quality assurance but won't publish it as a journal article or conference presentation to the public, we'd still recommend these points but they would not be required. But for any research that will potentially be made publicly available, it is required to:

(b) Ensure that all counselors who will be conducting Seeking Safety for your research study are certified by our team to conduct it. This can be done by telephone and electronic methods.

(b) Use our developer approved standards for assessing fidelity and supervision throughout the study. These too can be done by phone and electronic methods.

Be sure to contact us before you begin your study (info@treatment-innovations.org). We will be happy to talk through the requirements with you. It will also speed things up if you can email a summary of your basic study design and measures.

Materials for your grant application such as a letter of support and biosketch from Lisa Najavits or other team member. Note: please email your deadline; and the exact letter that you want both in content and format. The letter will be sent back on letterhead, signed, as a pdf. If you are planning publishable research, we will also work with you on a budget for the required training and certification.

Research consultation: Dr. Lisa Najavits is a professor with many years' experience conducting outcome trials on Seeking Safety and other models. You can obtain formal consultation if desired,and she is also available informally by email if you have brief questions. She can consult to grants, provide copies of "under review" articles, and help you get in touch with others already conducting studies on Seeking Safety or our other models.

See also a case example of a problematic study on Seeking Safety that illustrates scientific integrity problems.